Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

2019.05.15 (Wed)

【#592】Meaning of Abe’s Call for “Unconditional” Meeting with Kim

May 13, 2019 　　　　　Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has recently vowed to “unconditionally” meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, instead of reiterating his earlier rhetoric that “any simp...

2019.03.20 (Wed)

【#579】“Maximum Pressure” Should Be Strategy against Pyongyang

March 18, 2019 　　　　　The Japanese government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided to refrain from jointly submitting to the United Nations Human Rights Council a resolution accusing North Korea...

2019.02.08 (Fri)

【#571(Special)】Trump’s State of Union Address and Japan – Importance of Leadership

February 7, 2019 　　　　　When seeing U.S. President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address from Japan, I felt anew that American leadership is important. 　　　　　On foreign policy, Trump first empha...

2018.07.04 (Wed)

【#525】Joint Survey on Abduction Would Do More Harm than Good

July 2, 2018 　　　　　The North Korean dictator has launched a diplomatic offensive because he has felt threats to his own life as the result of “maximum pressure” strategy led by Japan and the United...

2018.05.08 (Tue)

【#512】Don’t Ease Pressure on N. Korea until Return of Abductees

May 7, 2018 　　　　　From April 30 through May 5, I visited the United States as a member of a joint delegation of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnapped by North Korea and two supportin...

2018.03.29 (Thu)

【#504】Bolton’s Nomination and Japan

March 26, 2018 　　　　　John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, will become President Donald Trump’s national security adviser on April 9. I met with him six to seven times. He is...

2017.09.21 (Thu)

【#469(Special)】Talks with Senior U.S. Officials on North Korean Problems

September 20, 2017 　　　　　For about a week from September 11, I visited Washington and New York as a member of a joint delegation of the Association of the Families of Victims Kidnaped by North Kore...

2017.07.20 (Thu)

【#454】Japanese and U.S. Lawmakers’ Different Responses to Liu’s Death

July 18, 2017 　　　　　Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump made similar responses to the July 13 death of Chinese democratic activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xi...

2017.05.24 (Wed)

【#441】Media Reports Biased toward Trump Impeachment

May 22, 2017 　　　　　Major Japanese media including the Asahi Shimbun newspaper and Japan Broadcasting Corp. known as NHK have been spinning a story that U.S. President Donald Trump is losing voters’...

2016.09.15 (Thu)

【#397】15th Anniversary of 9/11 and Japan

September 12, 2016 　　　　　On September 11, the United States marked the 15th anniversary of terrorist attacks in 2001. Given that 24 Japanese citizens were among the victims of the attacks by the al...